Bobcats Rally in Second Half to Win 72-71

Nov 06, 2008

by Tyler Peck, sports
information graduate assistant

MACON, Ga. - The Georgia College &
State University women's basketball team could not have gotten a
rebound at a better time. Finding themselves down by one point with
less than 20 seconds to go, junior Antoinette
Reames(Orlando, Fla.) snagged a board and put the
ball through the basket to put the Bobcats up on Division I Mercer
University 72-71. Reames finished with six points in the exhibition
game.

Down by 21 points with just over 13 minutes left in the second
half, the Lady Bobcats responded with a 22-3 run capped by
a Mandi
Dudish(Snellville, Ga.) three-pointer to make it
65-63 Mercer.

Senior Tiauna
Brantley (Woodstock, Ga.) led the Lady
‘Cats with 13 points and was a perfect 5-of-5 from the
free-throw line. Dudish came off the bench and nailed four
three-pointers to give her 12 points on the night.

Junior Daniela
Nopuente (Daly City, Calif.) also came off
the bench and gave Georgia College an additional 10
points. Shandrea
Moore (Ft. Lauderdale, Fla.) was two assists
away from having a double-double as she finished with eight assists
and 12 points.

Despite being outrebounded in the first half by 18, Georgia
College found themselves down by only eight points at halftime.
Mercer shot .500 (15-30) from the floor to Georgia College's .364
(12-33) in the first half as they were up 46-38.

However, free throws and three-pointers kept the Bobcats in the
game as they shot .720 (18-25) from the charity stripe and .333
(8-24) from behind the arc.

The GCSU Department of Athletics sponsors 10 varsity athletic
programs at the NCAA Division II level. As a Division II program,
GCSU prides itself on balancing the life of the student-athlete,
evidenced by the Bobcats' multiple appearances in post-season
competition as well as documented academic success and
community-service involvement. Follow the Bobcats and their
positive impact on the Milledgeville community at
www.gcsu.edu/bobcats.